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    Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure

    Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure



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    Other Works Consulted

    • Joyce D, et al. (2011). Surgical treatment of heart failure and mechanical ventricular support. In V Fuster et al., eds., Hurst’s The Heart, 13th ed., vol. 1, pp. 798–809. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    • Slaughter MS, et al. (2009). Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. New England Journal of Medicine, 361(23): 2241–2251.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference September 12, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology
    Reference Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology


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